Mapless Hollow Knight... a poetic struggle. 

"So you've played hollow knight right? Riiight?" Well unless you count 20 or 30 minutes wandering aimlessly, I've failed you in the 5 seconds of the video

Honestly. Cornifer is a fundamental part of the game for new players and nobody will ever change my mind. Also he is a cutie

Just did this recently and it’s the closest you’ll get to experiencing the game for the first time again. 9/10: Screw Deepnest

I did this a little after I got the true ending, and I can definitely confirm it's great. I also did that run charmless

"It's a lot easier to know where you haven't explored when there's a GIANT BLANK SPOT ON YOUR NEARLY PERFECT MAP-" *deep inhale* pain.

1:11 - 1:14 . Something satisfying about exploring uncharted areas? One word: D e e p n e s t

Me who likes room randos: "jokes on you I'm into that shit"

fun fact: when I got the first map, I saw the False Knight face on it, assumed it was a boss, and immediately went to False Knight and got absolutely destroyed

I tried this in my second playthrough then realised that I had accidentally memoriezed the whole game

I ended up doing this for every run after my first one. Including my 100% steel soul run. It honestly went pretty well. Since I explored so much in my first run I just memorized most of the map It was pretty fun

Ah, yes, my favourite Cartographer: *b u g*

Really really well written video! I wish i could just go back before i had the entire map memorized and do something like this. Such a magical and genuine way to experience the game.

Me, who has the entire map of hallownest memorised: I am four parallel universes ahead of you

The window blesses us with content pog.

This is exactly what I did in my first run after getting all the achievements. I was like: "Hell, if I wanna speedrun this game properly, I might gain something from knowing the map like the back of my hand." I took a wrong turn SO MANY TIMES. But I now feel like a stronger knight for it. Got my first sub 50 on Xbox One (Current patch) a few weeks ago. Keep em coming Windette. Great Content.

I can do it. The way my memory works is astounding for map memorisation, to the point that I became a moderator for a twitch community because of how considerate I was, whenever the streamer was lost, and had no idea what they were doing/where they should be going. I did it over and over with Ori and the Blind Forest, and certainly won't get lost in Hollow Knight either.

Dude, you got a really nice voice, you know that? You know, when you're not screaming at our ineptitude and sheer lack of capability at being able to complete even the most simple of tasks. But seriously, fun video, I'm all up for the word play and I couldn't stop smiling or laughing through the while thing. Hope you're having a good day and a good time. Look forward your next video!

I'm loving all these astute alliterations all around this astonishingly articulated video

The fact that i know pretty mutch the whole map including deepnest and hive is making me kinda worried

This is going to be wonderful.

I did this MAPLESS challenge twice. It was fun. :) Jokes on you I laughed so many times whenever I got lost... Deepnest being the funniest place of all!!!

0:57 there are literally birds in Greenpath

Sounds like a nightmare, I'm doing this for my next play through, thanks for the pain wind boy

The humming of cornifer or seeing his papers are just so comforting, even in deepnest

*looks at literally any screenshot of hollow knight* "I know exactly where this is and how to get there, fuck."

i just started a no nail upgrade run, but after that I'm totally gonna try this. sounds like a lot of fun!

i actually dont use maps on any of my playthroughs, it helps you memorize the terrain and have a general know how of the land, which works till a degree till ur lost in deepnest trying to find beasts den

this mans just gave me the inspiration to eventually attempt mapless

So I memorized the whole map by the end of my first playthrough, the only area my brain refuses to memorize perfectly is deepnest so am I above average or just Normal

This wouldn't be much of a challenge for me as I have basically the entire map memorized (yes, even deepnest)

All of my steel soul attempts I’ve ignored cornifer. I never died to being lost, it was fucking watcher knights

i watched this when it came out, but i had to watch it again because it's one of the best hollow knight videos i've ever watched. the wordplay is amazing

I played hollow knight so much at this point that i only buy the map just so i can get the compass to aquire the charm notch from salubra earlier.

I'll definitly try this lol. Been a long time since I played Hollow Knight and this could spice up my gaming experience and test my knowledge.

I've been planning on doing this for a while already. The biggest downside is that you can't see the "You have no map for this area" screen if you purchase no map ever.

I have done this regularly in randomizers. It's always fun to rely on your memory of the game to find all the items you can reach (or break logic because you didn't know you weren't supposed to pogo infected vengeflies to reach blue lake as that stops working when you get a few nail upgrades).

2:49 that moss charger was raving on that platform or smthn. “Sir, please calm down this is a librar-“ *fucking explodes*

This started off funny and ended up... really inspiring? Thanks Widnette.

I believe the quill is actually clippings of primal aspid wings because fuck those things might as well make 'em useful

i was in the middle of another video and boom, a new one????!!!!! im glad im subscribed :-00

Frick maps, also I've actually thought about beating the whole game without the map

I must admit your magnificent mumblings have tempted me into meandering once more into the misleading maze of Hallownest. Shall I carve my messy path through remote mounds, worm-burrows and moss-covered ruins, mapless? Or shall I mourn, motionless and immobile my wits and wisdom as the mere glimmer of the lumaflies fails to guide my movements in this morbid once magical kingdom? Attempting a map-less run. And having fun with it. Thanks for the idea!

Unfortunently, I had not only completed the entire gave more than twice, and I had in comemoration a giant map of hallownest to stare at before sleep, I now cannot feel lost. I think next metroidvania I play I'll not look up the map much if any. I hardly recall the feeling of wonder.

"Remember Remember the 13th of November. You can call me P." Windette, probably.

this is a really good idea actually, I'll do that for my next playthrough

I actually have done this while also playing constantly overcharmed, and christ it was a lot of fun

First thing I did after beating 112% was memorize the map and Any% route plus the 112 route for fun, so while intriguing while I was learning I about have every room committed to memory at this point

One of my Havs for sure. Love HK and cant wait for the sequel's

Sadly this experience is lost to me. After so long playing this game, the map is so firmly lodged in my head that only long-term memory loss could shake it free. I wish I could forget, simply to have the experience of being lost once more.

The only reason I have any confidence in my knowledge of the mad is how often I watch Fireborn's Hunters vs Speedrunner videos

Gun Knight

I have beaten hollow knight on true ending in a bus during a school trip to spain on my laptop and without the map (My proudest achivment in life)

Sad for me I can’t get lost I can remember almost every room and location of every charm and boss

Considering the size of rain and water in the city the bugs are around human sized

0:52 THERE ARE LITERALLY BIRDS IN GREENPATH THAT THIS COULD EASILY HAVE COME FROM

Bold of you to assume I don't already know every single corner of Hallownest like the back of my hand.

I literally don’t even use the map because I remember the entirety of it.

0:48 Maskbirdboi has joined the call

This is all great until you meet Grimm and realize you have no way of finding Grimmkin flames

Man my first playthrough the first 20 hours were without a map because corrniffer said its interesting to explore on your own, that was a fucking mistake. Had to have a friend come over and tell me exactly where to go which without me realising it ruined one of the best aspects of this game. Still regret that

neat video (also i really hope you'll be one of the hunters in the next hollow knight manhunt)

Idk if more people has experienced this, but when first playing i had no idea there even was a map so i just roamed for hours when i was new

I was just thinking "huh. This is very eloquent, this feels about out of character" then 1:59 hit 😂😂😂

Cackles in memorized the entire map

This dudes never been to greenpath if he thinks we can't get small enough birds for a quill.

If only I could (temporarily) forget hollow knight

I was gonna give a try it but then i just remembered that during my steel soul run, after beating traitor lord i came back to Dirtmouth and realized cornifer was sleeping, and iselda was selling *all* of the maps

The quill probably comes from a maskfly or a bellfly

I don't think understand why I like this do much when he insults me

I think the quill is just an aspid wing. Or whatever those weird mosquitoes in green path are.

Thi is actual poetry, not even kidding

"you've played hollow knight, right?" well uhmm i'm getting on it

Re-upload? Still amazing like the first time

I have a fairly decent memory, to the point where I could tell you some random fact that I read in an article off of the Google home page literally ages ago. Now I’m almost done with my first save file, which I tasked myself with getting 112% and finish the hunter’s journal. But I have to say… With 109% of the game done AND the hunter’s journal done, THIS GAME’S LAYOUT IS SO CONFUSING! I am SO glad there is a map, otherwise I would be so fucked. I give major props to the people who have the map completely (or almost completely) memorized. That being said, I definitely will be trying this when I am done with 112%, and probably giving myself the worlds largest headache trying to remember where the hell everything is. P.S.- yea I know I said it’s only my first save file, but at the same time, I’ve poured 75 hours of my time into it already since July.

After my first playthrough it wasn’t actually too difficult, but it definitely tales some doing

Time for a scoop of Windettes decent into Insanity.

I know this game too well, so I would still know where I’m going, and what I haven’t done yet.

It's time to test the might of those wet noodles we call brains.

I've already learn to move in this vast world without the map ;_;

I forgot it was poetry and was waiting until they called me a fucking idiot

I need another one

I have wanted to do this for the longest time, but then I got distracted by Hades lmao I might use it as an exuce to get back to it later though!

0:51 maybe the bugs(both intellectual bugs, and the bugs at the level of the animal)of that universe are the dominant race on earth instead of humans, who also could be human sized or even larger(how we see with hunter or stags for example)

I havent played the game in a year and a half, i bareley remember most of the map. Well, time to get completely lost in hollownest!

This is now the third Hollow Knight RU-vidr I've heard use excessive alliteration in his video.

I think i will, sounds fun. thanks :)

This doesn't feel like a windette video without you cursing every 2 seconds and insulting me.

It's Scott It's Scott Falco all over again

Haha yea I actually did a mapless challenge on Steel Soul because I wanted to feel like I was exploring Hallownest for the first time again. And also I had the entire map memorized by then because my previous run was a 112% and I figured I'd save up Geo

Ah, basically a re-upload. I respect it.

mapless hollow knight…may as well add stagless as well for the true experience

perhaps the feather for the quill is from the birds in greenpath? maybe not, but that seems like the most likely answer

Well, i can propose a theory on how that feather of such a small size was made, Here is one theory i propose. The moth tribe: There were once a time when a tribe of many moths roamed the passages and crossroads of hallownest. When a moth sheds/perishes, they loose feathers, and these feathers, claimed by wandering travelers of hallownest, may sell these to people who may use them. One feather has ended up in Iselda's shop, from someone willing to give them such a rare find. Iselda would have thought, what if, One day, a curious little big stumbles upon the shop, this vessel, lets call him- The knight, will stumble upon the shop having returned from buying a map, will think not much of a feather. So due to the sharp end at the bottom of the feather, Iselda decided it may be a good idea to make it a writing utencil. to go along the maps that her husband, cornifer, sells. She also offers other accesories, such as pins, and a compass, to go along with the map, so she assumed it would be a perfect fit

"you've played hollow knight right? Right?" Me:tbh I failed you in the first 5 seconds bc I can't even play it

After doing the hollow knight without any charms healing and spells i kinda ran out of time playing this game, even tho i haven't even beaten grim/gotten the true ending/pantheon, with the other games i was playing but this is definitely something i want to come back for

Well Only 99999 more runs off this with a map And I should be able to atleast remember the whole map till Crystal peaks And thrice as much more till the end probably My fish brain will be filled with room layouts from now on

I'd love to watch this right now, but my headphones have decided to commit sudoku =^=

I like to image that the bugs of Hollownest are human sized.

"Okay, so you've played Hollow Knight, right? Right?" I mean, if you ask me tomorrow, the answer would be yes?

well, i do this almost all the time, so i kinda can say, SCREW DEEPNEST AAAAAAAAA, other its fun